Saiza Nabarawi
Saiza Nabarawi | |
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Born | 1897 Elmenshawi Palace, Cairo, Egypt |
Died | 1985 |
Occupation | Feminist, Journalist |
Years active | 1925–1985 |
Saiza Nabarawi,(
Early life
Saiza Nabarawi or Siza Nabrawi was originally born as Zainab Mohamed Mourad Nabrawi, into a family from Nabaruh in Egypt's Dakahlia governorate, and is a relative of the prominent Egyptian doctor Ibrahim Nabarawi.[1] She was adopted by Adila Nabarawi, a distant relative, and was taken to Paris to be educated.
She attended a convent school in Versailles and eventually studied at the Saint Germain des Pres Institute in
Later life
A major act of defiance in Saiza Nabarawi's or Siza Nabrawi's life occurred when she struggled against veils and headscarves which were imposed on many women. In 1923, on her return from the 9th Conference of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance in Rome, she and Sha'rawi removed their veils and headscarves at a public train station.[3]
She also wrote about her exclusion from the third convocation of parliament in March 1925 in her article '
Career
Egyptian Feminist Union
Nabarawi and Shaarawi were the founders of the Egyptian Feminist Union which called for the political rights for Egyptian women. It published the L'Egyptienne, the magazine of the EPU, which Nabarawi edited. She also founded the Women's Popular Resistance Committee. Nabarawi dedicated her life to feminist activism and attended international feminist conferences and spoke widely on the issues of gender equality.[4]
On the 11th Conference of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance, she called for the need to arrange the First Eastern Women's Congress, a call answered by Nour Hamada, who arranged it in Damaskus in 1930.[5] She was elected to the Executive Council of the Women's International Democratic Federation in 1953.[6]
One of Nabarawi's mentors,
References
- ^ الموسوعة الثقافية: إبراهيم النبراوي من أنجب الجراحين (.... ــ 1279هـ ,... ــ 1862م ) Archived 6 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Badran, Margot. Opening the Gates: An Anthology of Arab Feminists Writing (Second ed.). Indiana University Press. p. 279.
- ^ Sinclair, M. Thea. Working Women: International Perspectives on Labour and Gender Ideology. Routledge. p. 107.
- ^ O'Connor, Karen. Gender and Women's Leadership: A Reference Handbook. SAGE Publications, Inc. p. 37.
- ^ Penny A. Weiss, Megan Brueske: Feminist Manifestos: A Global Documentary Reader
- ASP: Women and Social Movements(subscription required)
- ^ Baron, Beth (2007). Egypt as a Woman: Nationalism, Gender, and Politics. University of California Press.